\Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.] 1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. 2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. --Shak. -- {Un*skill"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*skill"ful*ness}, n.